by ta | Jul 2, 2007 | Biography, Non-fiction
You might like this book if you are into Alternative/Indie Rock. You would like it even more if you are a GenXer, particularly if you were born in 1970 and were obsessed with the band Guided By Voices. This is a memoir of Sellars’s coming of age in music. The...
by ta | May 1, 2007 | Non-fiction
Here’s a book that Charlotte highly recommends: Acclaimed explorer Ian Baker’s long-awaited memoir of his successful quest to reach a legendary waterfall in the unexplored heart of the Himalayas’ deepest gorge, a place long held by Tibetans to be the...
by ta | May 1, 2007 | Biography, Non-fiction
This fun little book is a memoir about working in bookstores and a history of bookselling. Even though he has worked in the industry for years, Buzbee still loves walking into a bookstore. His passion for books is infectious and unprententious. He spends a fare amount...
by radguru | Apr 29, 2007 | Non-fiction
Walking on Eggshells by Jane Isay is a must read for any parent who has ever had trouble relating to their older offspring and their significant others. Some topics : how to deal with an empty nest, how to get along with your daughter/son-in law, how to be a good...
by ta | Apr 24, 2007 | Biography, Non-fiction
For those of you who like biographies, here’s a review from Julie: Lately I’ve been reading some of Reeve Lindbergh’s books. Anne Morrow Lindbergh was (is? how would you put it when the writer is dead (thus was), but you’re still enjoying her...
by Michelle | Apr 22, 2007 | Fiction, Non-fiction
jmcg is a staff member who, with insistent prompting from ta and inkonvellum, will hopefully be providing more recommendations for Read This! She may even be tempted to write a profile! But for now, this is what she’s got for you… Television Without Pity:...